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Helen Kennedy of Egale Canada has torn up her NDP membership and signed up with the federal Liberal party. She says she only joined the Liberal Party two months ago, primarily to support Todd Ross who was seeking the nomination in Toronto Center.

NDP membership makes it very clear.

"I hereby state that I am not a member nor supporter of any other federal political party, nor a member or supporter of any other provincial or territorial party where there is a provincial or territorial NDP"

So Helen would of had to 'rip-up' her membership card to join the Liberal party. She says “I joined to support an out queer Métis who has done an amazing amount of work for the community on a number of levels,” she says.

KINGSTON, ON, Sept. 9, 2013 /CNW/ – Professional and support staff at Providence Care are asking the province to “rethink” cuts to mental health beds at the former Kingston Psychiatric Hospital.

Hitting the sidewalk today, the workers and their supporters are upset about deep cuts to mental health services offered at the former Kingston Psychiatric Hospital.

Workers at Providence Care have been told that nearly one in five workers will lose their jobs in the new year as part of downsizing for the new $350 million public-private partnership hospital. The new hospital will open with 40 fewer mental health beds – about a quarter of the beds presently available to patients in the Kingston area.